Oil consumption, MC2
Huw Powell
human747 at attbi.com
Thu Sep 26 02:57:36 EDT 2002
> I am also wondering if this has anything to do with the fact
> the car is running poorly. I have full boost (on the dash
> digital gauge) but NO power. Car acts like pressing on the
> gas causes the engine distress. It picks up from low RPM
> semi-normally, but then it stumbles and doesn't respond,
> although the boost gauge goes up).
That sounds like a clogged cat to me, to shoot from the hip. A clogged
cat makes it hard to get to high rpms. You've got exhaust back
pressure, hence the "boost", but no flow, hence the lack of
acceleration.
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Huw Powell
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